Have to switch to Verizon - are all cell phone radios the same amoung carriers?

[glen]

Or are some better? I have a friend who swears his moto razr is unbelievably better than his SGS3 on the same carrier, Verizon. true? I am having to switch because I cannot get a good signal in some areas where I work.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

It's possible. Even if the modem chip is the same, you have to remember antenna design is a separate issue. I liken this to routers. Plenty of routers use the same Broadcom or Atheros chips, and they're roughly equal, but its a matter of antenna design and software and that separates the performance.

It's pure anecdotal evidence for me, but I've noticed that my Motorola Milestone (Droid 1) outperforms my Nexus S and GS2 in terms of reception. It also beat out my HTC Nexus One back in the day. I noticed faster GPS locks. I have not compared it to my Nexus 4 though. Perhaps Motorola has just maintained its ability to provide good reception on its phones. I've found that my 2 Samsung phones never performed that well either in terms of reception.

 

[Anubis]

Or are some better? I have a friend who swears his moto razr is unbelievably better than his SGS3 on the same carrier, Verizon. true? I am having to switch because I cannot get a good signal in some areas where I work.

yes

one in the Gnexux is crap buddy with a bionic always seems to have signal

 

[lothar]

Motorola by far makes better radios than Samsung from my own experience.
Let's hope the rumor about them making the next Nexus is true.

 

[dlock13]

I second that. Motorola has an amazing radio/antenna design. Samsung is only just getting better with the GS3/Note 2... And its still not close to Motorola.

 

[bunker]

<---On Verizon
I have a Galaxy S3, my wife has a Razr M, she gets better reception than me in fringe areas.